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VOL. 44 BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938
Hedda Gabler,
Ibsen Drama,
Here Friday
Characters in Detail,
Witty Conversation,
Are Outstanding
To shape a human destiny-such
was the desire of Hedda
Gabler. When Hendrik Ibsen
wrote the drama, "Hedda Gab-ler,"
his purpose was to make
portraits of characters, so de-tailed
that every light and sha-dow
in their thinking would be
apparent.
The play will be presented by
Theta Alpha Phi next Friday
evening at 8:15 o'clock in Pres-ser
hall, under the direction of
Miss Melba Johnson.
Goudy 'Plays "Hedda"
Elizabeth Ann Goudy plays
the title role of Hedda. Her hus-band,
George Tesman, played
by Dale Volle, is a scholar and
writer, little interested in his
wife. Judge Brack, a pretended
friend of Tesman, tries to cre-ate
the eternal triangle by mak-ing
love to Hedda. Neither Tes-man
or Brack have any realiza-tion
of the problems of life-both
are too dreamy and inter-ested
in superficialities to see
true living.
As a contrast to Hedda, Gret-chen
Phelps portrays Thea
Elvsted, young wife of Sheriff
Elvsted, whom she has left. She
is an idealistic young woman
who has fallen in love with
Eilert Lovborg, a dissolute wri-ter
whom she tries to reform.
But Eilert, played by Alvin'
Hartman, has -always loved
Hedda, and when he sees her
again he falls back into his old
ways, forgetting Thea. Finally,
he kills himself, after a drunken
bout, "with wine leaves in his
hair."
The play ends dramatically
with Hedda's own death, to
which Judge Brack answers,
"People don't do such things!"
Aunt Julia, Tesman's aunt, is
played by Marabeth Martin.
Bonita Plimpton-takes the role
of Berta, the maid.
Committees Named
Lorraine Peterson is the as-sistant
director of the play.
Dorothy Jean Wilson, Lenore
Inman, and Mary Hoblit are in
charge of costuming.
Janice Robinson is properties
chairman, and she will be as-sisted
by Robert Fuller, John
Christian, A. Doris Meeker, and
Auth C. Barnes.
The set for the play has been
constructed by Miss Johnson's
stagecraft class. Stage manager
is Harold Ward. Benton Hall
Schaub is in charge of lighting.
Make-up will be handled by
Forrest Watt and J. Paul Hughes,
Theta Alpha Phi alumni.
Students may secure reserved
seats by presenting activities
tickets to the ticket sellers in
Hedding hall after chapel to-day.
Students Choose Dees, Wasem, Cribbett,
Veatch in Class Elections as Presidents
Newly elected class presidents,
left to right: Sherwood Dees,
Committee Decides
To Re-establish
Athletic Contests
At a meeting of faculty re-presentatives
of Illinois Wes-leyan
Wednesday afternoon, the
way was opened for the coaches
and athletic directors to sche-dule
such athletic contests as
they find can be arranged be-tween
the two institutions, be-ginning
with the spring sports
of 1938.
Illinois Wesleyan was repre-sented
by President Wiley G.
Brooks, Dean William Wallis,
Fred L. Mulhl, and W. T. Bead-les.
The representatives from Illi-nois
State Normal were Presi-dent
R. W. Fairchild, C. E. Hor-ton,
L. W. Miller, and L. A.
Holmes.
senior; George Wasem, junior; Veatch is the president-elect
John Cribbet, sophomore. J. C. of the freshman class.
Speaks At
Conference
Concluding the morning ses-sion
of the sixth annual Midwest
Conference on Church Music at
Northwestern u n i v e r s i t y on
Tuesday, Feb. 22, Prof. Frank
B. Jordan will speak on "The
Fine Art of Organ Playing."
The Confereice is the largest
held in the; United States, and
is host to many organists and
choir directors from all sections
of the country. In the morning
the talks and discussions will be
on organ music. The discussion
of Mr. Jordan's talk will be led
by Max Garver Miranda, direc-tor
of the music department at
Beloit college.
During the afternoon session
choirs and church music will be
discussed. A festival Choral
Evensong will be given by the
McCormick Named
Dean of College
Dr. James Byron McCormick,
a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan
with the class of 1915, last week
was appointed dean of the col-lege
of law of the University of
Arizona. The appointment was
made by the board of regents
of the Tucson, Ariz. institution.
Dr. McCormick is a member
of the old Charles Laben Capen
chapter of Phi Alpha Delta fra-ternity
at Wesleyan. Mrs. Mc-
Cormick, formerly Miss Rachel
Staten, is
uate and
Kappa.
also a Wesleyan grad-a
member of Sigma
combined adult choirs' of the
Evanstop Choir Association at
7:45 o'cIock in St. Luke's church
as a climax to the day's pro-gram.
Faculty Member Discusses Senior
Examinations as Measure of Attainment
In the catalogue of Illinois
Wesleyan university for the year
1935 there appeared for the first
time the statement that after
June, 1937 an examination over
the field of major interest would
be required of all students.
In the effort to set up some
means of measuring attain-ments
of students and to fix
standards for colleges and uni-versities
of first rank, a require-ment
of from 124 to 128 credit
hours has become customary.
This means that sometimes a
person remains in an institution
until ultimately he is able to
acquire enough credits which
are considered acceptable for
graduation but he has" no con-nected
knowledge of any one
field.
This method of measuring at-tainments
has thus proved un-satisfactory,
and educators to-day
are trying to overcome the
difficulties. One method employ-ed
is that of developing a system
of xtensive examinations. A
large number of the progressive
colleges and universities of this
country have adopted them.
Some colleges are using such
examinations over several fields.
When the course of study of
Illinois Wesleyan university was
recognized in the year 1934 a
senior examination over the
field of major interest was
adopted. It was felt that a stu-dent
who is worthy of a college
degree should know the ele-ments
of at least one field well
enough to recognize his material
and pass an examination over it.
The main purpose of the sen-ior
examination is not, however,
to test the knowledge of the
student. If it is carried out suc-cessfully
it should prove to be
a genuine stimulus. It gives the
student an opportunity to look
at his subject matter as a whole,
to organize it and to unify it,
instead of thinking in terms of
six or a dozen different courses.
To assist the student in his
reading and study to this end, a
conference course is offered by
each department, the credit to
be received upon passing the
examination.
Each person, knowing thru-out
college that he must organ-ize
his material in this manner,
has the opportunity to be fitting
himself for the examination as
he goes along. The examina-tion
is nothing to be feared by
those students who have been
seriously applying themselves
during the four years and who
are earnestly endeavoring to ob-tain
a real knowledge of the
field in which they are inter-ested.
The examination will be taken
during the last semester the
student is enrolled in Illinois
Wesleyan. Any department in
which is found the major in-terest
of one or more persons
will offer an examination some
time during the first two weeks
of May or of January. If a
student fails to pass, he will be
permitted to take the examina-tion
again in either or both of
the next two periods after his
first attempt.
Mildred Hunt,
Chairman, Upperclass
Studies Committee
" -- I -I
May it never be ,said of me
that I am not thankful to all
students who have cared for
their tuition and fees for the
first semester of 1937-38. You
have my grateful thanks for
your cooperation.
Wait! Please read the rest
of this communication.
You know time waits for no
one, and we are now in the
second semester of 1937 -38,
and we have to go through
the same hopper: tuition and
fees, tuition and fees. They are
past due and payable in the
business office now.
Anxiously waiting,
A. G. Carnine
N~. 18
Heavy Balloting
Marks Return of
Class Elections
Hedding Hall buzzed yester-day
as Wesleyan students
crowded around the ballot boxes
to cast their votes for the offi-cers
of the various classes. The
prepared ballots included the
names of three students for
each office who were nominated
in last Friday's primaries.
Officers elected for the classes
were as follows:
Seniors, Sherwood Dees, presi-dent;
William Crossman, vice
president; Paul Pettit, secretary-treasurer.
Juniors, George Wasem, presi-dent;
Keith Anderson, vice pres-ident;
Helen Storm, secretary-treasurer.
Sophomores, John Cribbett,
president; Betty Boulton, vice
president; Lyle Veitch, secretary-treasurer.
Freshmen, J. C. Veatch, presi-dent;
Charles Redfern, vice
president; Ruth Tobie, secretary-treasurer.
Other Nominees
Other candidates nominated
in Friday's primaries were:
Seniors, president, Alice Beyer
and William Guthrie; vice pres-ident,
Arnold Rupprecht and
Evelyn Liston; secretary-treas-urer,
Eric Rasmussen and Lois-ana
Roberts.
Juniors, president, Morgan
Evans and Harold Morey; vice
president, Esther Hawks and
Roy Robbins; secretary-treas-urer,
Lois Meeker and Ann Ni-chols.
Sophomores, president, Jack
Armstrong and Gerry Taylor;
vice president, Dorothy Jean
Wilson and Mary Beth Ander-son;
secr'etary-treasurer, Lucille
Willet, Denton Woodward, and
Mary Lou Coulter.
Freshman, president, Robert
(,Continued on page 6)
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VOL. 44 BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938
Hedda Gabler,
Ibsen Drama,
Here Friday
Characters in Detail,
Witty Conversation,
Are Outstanding
To shape a human destiny-such
was the desire of Hedda
Gabler. When Hendrik Ibsen
wrote the drama, "Hedda Gab-ler,"
his purpose was to make
portraits of characters, so de-tailed
that every light and sha-dow
in their thinking would be
apparent.
The play will be presented by
Theta Alpha Phi next Friday
evening at 8:15 o'clock in Pres-ser
hall, under the direction of
Miss Melba Johnson.
Goudy 'Plays "Hedda"
Elizabeth Ann Goudy plays
the title role of Hedda. Her hus-band,
George Tesman, played
by Dale Volle, is a scholar and
writer, little interested in his
wife. Judge Brack, a pretended
friend of Tesman, tries to cre-ate
the eternal triangle by mak-ing
love to Hedda. Neither Tes-man
or Brack have any realiza-tion
of the problems of life-both
are too dreamy and inter-ested
in superficialities to see
true living.
As a contrast to Hedda, Gret-chen
Phelps portrays Thea
Elvsted, young wife of Sheriff
Elvsted, whom she has left. She
is an idealistic young woman
who has fallen in love with
Eilert Lovborg, a dissolute wri-ter
whom she tries to reform.
But Eilert, played by Alvin'
Hartman, has -always loved
Hedda, and when he sees her
again he falls back into his old
ways, forgetting Thea. Finally,
he kills himself, after a drunken
bout, "with wine leaves in his
hair."
The play ends dramatically
with Hedda's own death, to
which Judge Brack answers,
"People don't do such things!"
Aunt Julia, Tesman's aunt, is
played by Marabeth Martin.
Bonita Plimpton-takes the role
of Berta, the maid.
Committees Named
Lorraine Peterson is the as-sistant
director of the play.
Dorothy Jean Wilson, Lenore
Inman, and Mary Hoblit are in
charge of costuming.
Janice Robinson is properties
chairman, and she will be as-sisted
by Robert Fuller, John
Christian, A. Doris Meeker, and
Auth C. Barnes.
The set for the play has been
constructed by Miss Johnson's
stagecraft class. Stage manager
is Harold Ward. Benton Hall
Schaub is in charge of lighting.
Make-up will be handled by
Forrest Watt and J. Paul Hughes,
Theta Alpha Phi alumni.
Students may secure reserved
seats by presenting activities
tickets to the ticket sellers in
Hedding hall after chapel to-day.
Students Choose Dees, Wasem, Cribbett,
Veatch in Class Elections as Presidents
Newly elected class presidents,
left to right: Sherwood Dees,
Committee Decides
To Re-establish
Athletic Contests
At a meeting of faculty re-presentatives
of Illinois Wes-leyan
Wednesday afternoon, the
way was opened for the coaches
and athletic directors to sche-dule
such athletic contests as
they find can be arranged be-tween
the two institutions, be-ginning
with the spring sports
of 1938.
Illinois Wesleyan was repre-sented
by President Wiley G.
Brooks, Dean William Wallis,
Fred L. Mulhl, and W. T. Bead-les.
The representatives from Illi-nois
State Normal were Presi-dent
R. W. Fairchild, C. E. Hor-ton,
L. W. Miller, and L. A.
Holmes.
senior; George Wasem, junior; Veatch is the president-elect
John Cribbet, sophomore. J. C. of the freshman class.
Speaks At
Conference
Concluding the morning ses-sion
of the sixth annual Midwest
Conference on Church Music at
Northwestern u n i v e r s i t y on
Tuesday, Feb. 22, Prof. Frank
B. Jordan will speak on "The
Fine Art of Organ Playing."
The Confereice is the largest
held in the; United States, and
is host to many organists and
choir directors from all sections
of the country. In the morning
the talks and discussions will be
on organ music. The discussion
of Mr. Jordan's talk will be led
by Max Garver Miranda, direc-tor
of the music department at
Beloit college.
During the afternoon session
choirs and church music will be
discussed. A festival Choral
Evensong will be given by the
McCormick Named
Dean of College
Dr. James Byron McCormick,
a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan
with the class of 1915, last week
was appointed dean of the col-lege
of law of the University of
Arizona. The appointment was
made by the board of regents
of the Tucson, Ariz. institution.
Dr. McCormick is a member
of the old Charles Laben Capen
chapter of Phi Alpha Delta fra-ternity
at Wesleyan. Mrs. Mc-
Cormick, formerly Miss Rachel
Staten, is
uate and
Kappa.
also a Wesleyan grad-a
member of Sigma
combined adult choirs' of the
Evanstop Choir Association at
7:45 o'cIock in St. Luke's church
as a climax to the day's pro-gram.
Faculty Member Discusses Senior
Examinations as Measure of Attainment
In the catalogue of Illinois
Wesleyan university for the year
1935 there appeared for the first
time the statement that after
June, 1937 an examination over
the field of major interest would
be required of all students.
In the effort to set up some
means of measuring attain-ments
of students and to fix
standards for colleges and uni-versities
of first rank, a require-ment
of from 124 to 128 credit
hours has become customary.
This means that sometimes a
person remains in an institution
until ultimately he is able to
acquire enough credits which
are considered acceptable for
graduation but he has" no con-nected
knowledge of any one
field.
This method of measuring at-tainments
has thus proved un-satisfactory,
and educators to-day
are trying to overcome the
difficulties. One method employ-ed
is that of developing a system
of xtensive examinations. A
large number of the progressive
colleges and universities of this
country have adopted them.
Some colleges are using such
examinations over several fields.
When the course of study of
Illinois Wesleyan university was
recognized in the year 1934 a
senior examination over the
field of major interest was
adopted. It was felt that a stu-dent
who is worthy of a college
degree should know the ele-ments
of at least one field well
enough to recognize his material
and pass an examination over it.
The main purpose of the sen-ior
examination is not, however,
to test the knowledge of the
student. If it is carried out suc-cessfully
it should prove to be
a genuine stimulus. It gives the
student an opportunity to look
at his subject matter as a whole,
to organize it and to unify it,
instead of thinking in terms of
six or a dozen different courses.
To assist the student in his
reading and study to this end, a
conference course is offered by
each department, the credit to
be received upon passing the
examination.
Each person, knowing thru-out
college that he must organ-ize
his material in this manner,
has the opportunity to be fitting
himself for the examination as
he goes along. The examina-tion
is nothing to be feared by
those students who have been
seriously applying themselves
during the four years and who
are earnestly endeavoring to ob-tain
a real knowledge of the
field in which they are inter-ested.
The examination will be taken
during the last semester the
student is enrolled in Illinois
Wesleyan. Any department in
which is found the major in-terest
of one or more persons
will offer an examination some
time during the first two weeks
of May or of January. If a
student fails to pass, he will be
permitted to take the examina-tion
again in either or both of
the next two periods after his
first attempt.
Mildred Hunt,
Chairman, Upperclass
Studies Committee
" -- I -I
May it never be ,said of me
that I am not thankful to all
students who have cared for
their tuition and fees for the
first semester of 1937-38. You
have my grateful thanks for
your cooperation.
Wait! Please read the rest
of this communication.
You know time waits for no
one, and we are now in the
second semester of 1937 -38,
and we have to go through
the same hopper: tuition and
fees, tuition and fees. They are
past due and payable in the
business office now.
Anxiously waiting,
A. G. Carnine
N~. 18
Heavy Balloting
Marks Return of
Class Elections
Hedding Hall buzzed yester-day
as Wesleyan students
crowded around the ballot boxes
to cast their votes for the offi-cers
of the various classes. The
prepared ballots included the
names of three students for
each office who were nominated
in last Friday's primaries.
Officers elected for the classes
were as follows:
Seniors, Sherwood Dees, presi-dent;
William Crossman, vice
president; Paul Pettit, secretary-treasurer.
Juniors, George Wasem, presi-dent;
Keith Anderson, vice pres-ident;
Helen Storm, secretary-treasurer.
Sophomores, John Cribbett,
president; Betty Boulton, vice
president; Lyle Veitch, secretary-treasurer.
Freshmen, J. C. Veatch, presi-dent;
Charles Redfern, vice
president; Ruth Tobie, secretary-treasurer.
Other Nominees
Other candidates nominated
in Friday's primaries were:
Seniors, president, Alice Beyer
and William Guthrie; vice pres-ident,
Arnold Rupprecht and
Evelyn Liston; secretary-treas-urer,
Eric Rasmussen and Lois-ana
Roberts.
Juniors, president, Morgan
Evans and Harold Morey; vice
president, Esther Hawks and
Roy Robbins; secretary-treas-urer,
Lois Meeker and Ann Ni-chols.
Sophomores, president, Jack
Armstrong and Gerry Taylor;
vice president, Dorothy Jean
Wilson and Mary Beth Ander-son;
secr'etary-treasurer, Lucille
Willet, Denton Woodward, and
Mary Lou Coulter.
Freshman, president, Robert
(,Continued on page 6)
New Plea
Is Issued
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ILLNOIS 'WESEYN UNIJVERSITYU